North Korea's parliament will meet next month. The focus of attention
is on whether the country's new leader Kim Jong Un will assume the top
post of chairman of the National Defense Commission.
The North's state-run media made the announcement on Saturday. It said the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly decided to convene the assembly in Pyongyang on April 13th, 2 days before the 100th anniversary of the birth of the country's founder, Kim Il Sung.
The assembly will meet for the first time since last April.
Attention is focused on whether Kim Jong Un, who succeeded his father and former leader Kim Jong Il, will assume the chairmanship of the National Defense Commission.
The post has been vacant since his father's death in December of last year.
Kim Jong Un has already been named the country's supreme military commander.
He is widely expected to assume the post of secretary general of the Workers' Party at a meeting of party representatives in mid-April. The meeting will be held for the first time in 19 months.
The North's state-run media made the announcement on Saturday. It said the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly decided to convene the assembly in Pyongyang on April 13th, 2 days before the 100th anniversary of the birth of the country's founder, Kim Il Sung.
The assembly will meet for the first time since last April.
Attention is focused on whether Kim Jong Un, who succeeded his father and former leader Kim Jong Il, will assume the chairmanship of the National Defense Commission.
The post has been vacant since his father's death in December of last year.
Kim Jong Un has already been named the country's supreme military commander.
He is widely expected to assume the post of secretary general of the Workers' Party at a meeting of party representatives in mid-April. The meeting will be held for the first time in 19 months.
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